“They have no technology to open the wormhole. So what if they have a recording like we have, what if their ship transmitted the manoeuvre. They must have picked something up from the captured ship, or else they wouldn’t have the Karalian distress call.”
He sat still, while the ship hurtled on, and the point of no return approached.
“Do it.” He nodded at her. “On my mark, deploy the beacons. And then on my mark, recall them.”
“What?”
“No time to explain. Just do it.”
She had to trust him, had to trust in him.
“Mark.”
She pressed the button and the beacons deployed, the wormhole opening up before them. But instead of entering it, he swerved to go beneath the hole, but the Hrokili ship went straight into it.
“Recall.”
She pressed the button, and with a tremendous noise, making her think the ship was about to be torn apart, the beacons returned, but the Hrokili ship, so big, too big, was caught in the pressure of the wormhole closing and erupted into a burning fireball, the blast covering them, sending them shooting off course as if they had been caught in a supernova.
“We did it!” she yelled.
Garth looked pale but elated, his colours pastel shades, as he fought to regain control of the ship.
“Are we safe?” she asked.
He nodded. “But the beacons are damaged.”
“You have a spare, right? I mean they wouldn’t send you into space with just one set.”
“We have a spare.” He grinned at her. “Let’s go home.”
Chapter Twenty-Four – Garth
“The Hrokili are becoming bolder.”
Garth stood in the Council Chamber. All members were present, as was Okil. He had come here to report what had happened, how they were lured into a sector of space that could only be accessed by unopened wormholes.
“Yes. I believe there are other forces battling them. Trying to shut down or move wormholes we have left open with the beacons,” Garth answered the Council’s question.
“I see.” The Hier Ruler walked to the window and looked out; the rest of the Council talked amongst themselves. Only Okil stood silent.
“Hier Ruler, we can no longer stand by and let the Hrokili present a threat to us.” The Hier Commander spoke first.
“What would you have us do?” The Hier Ruler turned to face the Karalian who commanded the warriors and guards.
“We have no choice. We must attack and put an end to their marauding.”
“We have never gone to war.” The Hier Ruler glared at the Hier Commander, but despite his obvious displeasure, he kept his colours under control.
“I understand, but they threaten everything we are working for.”
The Hier Ruler’s voice was perfectly controlled, when he said, “There is another way. The defence system is ready to be deployed. We could take the females we need from Earth, collapse the wormholes, and live here. The first female Karalian has been born. There is no need for us to fight.”
A murmur rippled through the Council, none wanting to disagree with the Hier Ruler, but Garth, who had no right to speak, could tell this was not satisfactory.
“You have said yourself, that we cannot be sure the females that are born will be fertile,” Ishk said, and Garth was surprised that the Karalian, once so against the humans from Earth, would argue for them to be saved.
“The planet we have found is too far out for us to adequately protect. So what choice do we have? Earth is in its death throes; we take what we need, and leave it to its end.”
“There is another way.” The Hier Commander spoke, stepping forward, making sure they all listened.
“Then let me hear it.” The Hier Ruler stared at the Hier Commander, who was struggling to stop his colours showing across his hands.
“We use the defence system in a negative way.”
“Explain.”
“Instead of protecting us, we deploy it around the Hrokili’s home planet.”
The Hier Ruler’s eyes narrowed, and now his colours did appear, like a tic under his eye. “You mean set the defence grid to not let any Hrokili ships out?”
“Yes. We take the fight to them, and then trap them there. If we can seal the sector too, that would be more beneficial.”
“You mean destroy the wormholes?”
“Possibly.”
The Hier Ruler walked back to the window, his brows creased, while the rest of the Council erupted into talk.
Garth was stunned that they could come up with such a plan, but it was perfect.
“Very well. Test the outcome. If we can seal them into their planet, then that is what we will do.”
He walked out of the chamber, and the others followed, all but Okil, Ishk, and the Hier Commander. Garth stood still, not knowing what to do, until Okil called him over.
“The warriors will be required to serve one more term. One more mission into deep space. We know you have only just returned, but you will be needed, Garth.”
“I understand.” But he doubted Tamzin would. They had only been back for three days, and she longed to go to his home in the mountains, but instead they had been told to stay in his small rooms in the breeding house.
“Let’s see if we can recall the last mission to leave, they have been gone one week. It is not safe for them out there alone,” the Hier Commander said to Okil.
“We may be able to send a message from the beacon,” Garth said.
“Good. Okil, see what you can do.”
“Of course. I’ll go now,” Okil said, and Garth took this as an opportunity to leave, wanting to go to Tamzin, who he knew would be waiting impatiently.
“Did you know that was what would be proposed?” he asked Okil as they left the tower and headed to the cruiser.
“We had to do something. But it could not come from the Hier Ruler.” Okil drove, the journey to the breeding house short.
“But he knew, before.”
“There is no more I can say, Garth. Go and tell Tamzin you only have a couple of days’ leave, and then we go and finish this. We need the humans to have a colony, there is a suitable planet, and I am damn well going to do my best to make sure the Hrokili are stopped.”
Garth nodded. “I understand. And so will Tamzin.” He hoped.
When he got to his room, she was cooking dinner. She had insisted he allow her to do something, or else she would go insane.
“You are back, and dinner is ready,” she said, placing a pan of something delicious down on the stove, and reaching for plates. “Did it go well?”
“Yes.” He didn’t know how to say in what way it went well. “The Karal will help Earth set up a colony on the planet Lilith.”
“They will!”
“Yes.”
“And the Hrokili? What do they propose to do about them?”
“Seal them in. Deploy the defence grid, but not around Karal, around the Hrokili’s home planet.”
“That is a sneaky idea.” She looked at him, studying his face, and his colours skimmed across his cheek. “But…”
“I have to go back. All the warriors will be expected to go.”
She paused and her eyes misted, but then she continued. “I understand. Just stay safe.”
He put his arm around her, pulling her close. “I will, Tamzin. And do not worry, I will succeed, and Earth will have hope.”
“I love you, Garth.” She wrapped her arms around his neck, all thoughts of dinner gone as she kissed him.
“And I love you too, Tamzin. And our child. That is why I am doing this, so that he can roam the universe, and never have to fear who is out there.”
Nodding, she pulled away and dished up his meal. “No one should have to fear being hunted and enslaved.” She fixed him with a stare. “And that is what I will teach our child.”
“Yes, those days are over for the Karal. All thanks to you and the other females from Earth.”
“Then it is all worthwhile.
Now sit down and eat before it gets cold.”
He did as she asked, and neither of them spoke of what was to come. It would wait for another day … and another mission into deep space.
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